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Horse Talk with Simon Jackson: Top horse racing tips and the latest news. MARK Johnston is targeting his sixth win in the £500,000 Qatar Goodwood Cup on the first day of the Qatar Goodwood Festival on Tuesday July 30. The Group 1 contest is the feature race on the opening day of the festival which…

By Simon Jackson. The Melbourne Cup is the target for Big Orange who narrowly prevailed in a three-way finish from Quest For More and Trip To Paris in the Group 2 Goodwood Cup. The Michael Bell-trained winner showed plenty of fight under Jamie Spencer to battle back to score by a neck after he was…

By Simon Jackson. Saeed bin Suroor is eyeing the Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington in November with Cavalryman after his neck victory over stablemate Ahzeemah in the Artemis Goodwood Cup. The eight-year-old entire was held up in the rear by Kieren Fallon for much of the two mile contest before challenging two furlongs out. He…

By Simon Jackson. Sir Michael Stoute is keeping his options open with The Queen’s mare Estimate who belied a lengthy absence to finish a close second in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot. The five-year-old was seeking back to back wins in the two and a half mile contest that is the feature race on…